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The Bet. The project is being staged by Bulgaria’s Omega Films, represented by producer
Svetla Tsotsorkova, and by Romanian outfit Avva Mmix Studio, represented by
Andreea Dumitrescu.
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The screenplay, written by Ovcharov, is set in Sofia in the 1890s. The story centres on the power struggle between the Bulgarian prime minister (
Zachary Baharov) and a major (
Assen Blatechki), who conspires with Russian forces against the PM. The major gets a Romanian woman (Romanian actress
Ofelia Popii) involved in this conspiracy, a lady whom both he and the prime minister have been with while living in Bucharest in the past. Soon, the conflict between the two men will spiral into a life-and-death situation.